Mastitis Management seminar was organized in Lahore for awareness of dairy farmers about mastitis and its management.

As a part of Solve Agri & Dairy Institute’s awareness programs for dairy sector, a seminar on “Mastitis Management” was organized. This seminar was organized in Lahore in collaboration with Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited and CID Lines. It was attended by a large number of key stakeholders from dairy sector including corporate & commercial dairy farmers, public and private sector institutions, dairy development & extension services organizations. Mr. Ronny Schelfhout from CID Lines presented in details about mastitis management, including its impact and strategies to manage mastitis at dairy farms to reduce losses.

Solve Agri Pak also launched in collaboration with CID Lines a unique mastitis management program for Pakistan dairy farmers at this occasion. Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat outlined the key highlights of this mastitis management program and informed that partner farms under this program will be helped in managing mastitis & reducing losses through a unique set of tools, services and products.

This includes training fee, course material, training kit, training certificate, farm visits/excursions/practical training, working meals (lunch and 2 tea breaks daily) and a group photo.
(Note: Participants have to make their own boarding and lodging arrangements. SADI can facilitate in booking accommodation at its panel guest house(s) in Model Town and Gulberg Lahore depending upon availability.)

Special Discount:

10% discount on early-bird registration before November 30, 2016

10% discount for group registration on 4 or more persons from one organization

Mode of Payment:
Payment has to be made in the form of Demand Draft or Cross Cheque in favour of “Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited”.

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Application form can be downloaded from our website www.sadi.edu.pk or by Clicking here. Fill the form and send along with the demand draft / cross cheque of payment to: “Dr. Muhammad Rasheed, Capacity Building Manager, Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited, 62 Tipu Block, Garden Town, Lahore – Pakistan”

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The training also included two days hands-on learning at the dairy farms. Participants got an opportunity to practically observe various farm operation and they were able to identify bottlenecks hindering efficiency. Senior trainers and experts with relevant experience were engaged to impart training in order to ensure maximum exchange of knowledge and skills. Participants also visited controlled shed as well as open shed housing system to evaluate performance of both system.

Course concluded with certificate distribution ceremony on Friday. Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat and renowned livestock & agriculture specialist Mr. Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan were present at the occasion. In their feedback, training participants appreciated the course saying that course has helped them in improving their concept and experience of dairy farming in efficient manner. One of the participants from Engro Dairy Farm, Dr. Toufeeq while appreciated the course for its wonderful significance for commercial dairy farmers, emphasized the need to organize further advance courses exclusively for the corporate dairy farmers in order to remove bottlenecks at corporate dairy farms. Another participant, Mr. Bilal Mehdi said that he has been extremely satisfied with the course contents, trainers and the way it was organized.

In his address, Mr. Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan urged the participants to stay focused in their approach. He said that dairy farming can not succeed without passionate involvement of the owners as well as staff working at the farm. He congratulated participants on completing their course at SADI.

Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat expressed his gratitude to organisations and individuals who realized the need of capacity building and decided to participate in this course. He appreciated the feedback from participants and ensured that SADI will continue evolving new courses as per market need. He urged the participants to spread their learnings from this training to their colleagues, clients and other people in order to multiply its impact. He said that SADI is true reflection of Solve Agri Pak’s vision, i.e. to become value adding partner in dairy, livestock & related agriculture sectors. Later certificates were distributed among participants.

Solve Agri & Dairy Institute (SADI) organized training course on “Introduction to Modern Dairy Farm Management” on August 22-26, 2016. The week long training course was attended by over 15 participants from various parts of the country. The group included participants from Doctor’s Dairies & Feeds Karachi, Maxim International Lahore and Agri-Vet Services along with a number of existing dairy farm owners and potential investors who intend to establish dairy farms in near future. This training was also the continuation of SADI’s series of trainings on modern dairy farm management aiming to help dairy farming emerge as a profitable business. The course had an extensive focus on various issues related to modern dairy farming including farm feasibility, management skills, feeding, breeding, housing, youngstock, health, waste management and economics. A special emphasis was also given on standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the key performance indicators (KPIs) that plays a vital role in success of a dairy farm. Senior trainers and resource persons having hands-on experience in the relevant fields were engaged to conduct the training while interactive and participatory mode of training also enhanced the learning process.

In order to give practical understanding, the farm excursions were also organized. Participants spent a full day at two different dairy farms, one controlled shed and second open shed structure, that gave them an opportunity to practically observe and learn on various aspects of farm management.

The training concluded with the certificate distribution ceremony on Friday evening. Dr. Arshad Hussain Hashmi who is Head of Dairy & Livestock at Apna Bank Limited was the chief guest at this occasion. Present at the occasion were also Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat, Incharge Solve Agri & Dairy Institute Dr. Muhammad Rasheed and Solve Agri Pak’s Business Development Manager & Trainer Mr. Khuram Ihsan.

Training participants Mr. Asif Imran (who is Market Planning & Coordination Manage at Atlas Honda and is potential investor for dairy farming) sharing his views about training said that he has been considering investing into dairy farming and for the purpose has long been looking for a platform to understand the complete details of this business. This one week training has substantially helped him achieve the level that he needed to be sure before making decision to go into this business. He appreciated SADI’s critical role in guiding the new comers into this business in a complete way where they are fully made aware of all pros and cons, opportunities and threats pertaining to this business. Another training participant Mr. Rana Ansar who is running his small dairy farm in Toba Tek Singh district said that training has changed his approach towards dairy farming and now he is capable of transforming his business on commercial lines. He expressed his gratitude towards trainers and management at SADI for organizing such a wonderful training course. Another training participant from Karachi, Dr. Khalid Kaim Khani, who is Director Business Development at Doctor’s Dairies & Feeds said that he has been into this field for last twenty years, yet learning never stops. He said that his organization was feeling gaps in their team to properly address the changing needs of the customers and hence decided to equip the team with modern knowledge and skills for providing services to the farmers. He appreciated the training contents and said that this course has made a huge difference for himself and his team members who have attended the course. This will help us in better addressing and responding to market needs in future, he said.

In his address, chief guest Dr. Arshad Hussain Hashmi (Head of Dairy & Livestock at Apna Bank Limited) appreciated Solve Agri Pak’s initiative in the form of Solve Agri & Dairy Institute to develop human resource and contribute in value addition of dairy sector. He said that Apna Bank Limited is a micro-financial institution having keen interest to extend financial support for the upcoming livestock & dairy related business ventures especially at SME level. He congratulated the participants on utilizing this learning opportunity to grasp firm understanding of modern mechanics of dairy farming that are essentially required in successful dairy farming operations.

Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat expressed his gratitude to organisations and individuals who realized the need of capacity building towards modern dairy farm management and decided to participate in this course. He urged the participants to use the knowledge and skills they have acquired during the course, for taking initiatives, making decisions and leading the actions, for improvement in dairy farming sector of Pakistan.He said that Solve Agri Pak has been significantly contributing towards human resource development besides being the most reliable one-stop solution provider for the livestock & dairy sector in Pakistan. Later certificates were distributed among participants.

Speaking at the occasion Dr. Waseem Shaukat, GM Solve Agri Pak, lauded the Haleeb Foods’ management for realizing the need of capacity building of their field staff. He said that Solve Agri & Dairy Institute has played pivotal role in human resource development & capacity building of manpower involved in entire dairy value chain at all levels. He anticipated that participants will implement the learnings from this training in their workplaces and will bring substantial improvement in milk collection process. Mr. Faisal Nisar, Head of MCDS Haleeb Foods, appreciated the SADI team for arranging such a participatory training whereby participants took keen interest in learning and refreshing the best practices that needs to be implemented at various levels in milk collection setup.

In his concluding remarks, the chief guest Mr. Haroon Lodhi, COO Haleeb Foods, said that the company has a strong realization of capacity building needs of its staff and this training course depicts the vision of Haleeb’s management for sustainable milk collection & dairy services. He highlighted that Haleeb is keen to revive and strengthen its ties with the dairy farmers by providing effective dairy services and collecting high quality milk on sustainable basis. He appreciated the training participants for their strong commitment with the company’s vision and urged that the milk collection & dairy services staff would play foundations’ role in company’s success.

Lahore (May 7, 2016): Three days training course on Dairy Nutrition & Feeding Management has successfully concluded at Solve Agri & Dairy Institute in Lahore. The intensive training course was attended by 19 participants from all across Pakistan, aiming to understand science of dairy nutrition and learn the art of feeding management at the dairy farms. The course concluded with the participatory appraisal and certificate distribution ceremony today afternoon. Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat chaired the concluding session. Present at the occasion were also Market Development Manager of Pioneer Pakistan Seeds Limited Mr. Ghulam Mustafa and Solve Agri Pak’s Sales & Business Development Manager Mr. Khuram Ihsan among others.

Sharing his feedback one of the participants, Dr. Abdul Ghafoor who is Territory Milk Manager at Haleeb Foods, said that the course has been extremely helpful in developing practical understanding of the how dairy animals should be fed. He said that SADI should offer courses with longer duration for more learning. Another participant, Dr. Roman Saghar – Dairy Specialist at Pioneer Seeds said that facilitators had made the course extremely interactive and participatory due to which boring topics like calculations and ration balancing proved to be easy for understanding and practising. He emphasized the need of such training courses quite frequently for enhancing professional competence. ICI Pakistan’s Regional Manager Mr. Virk said that interaction and participatory learning is what he will always remember about this course. He appreciated the course trainers for their supportive and interactive approach that has helped in effective learning. He stressed that SADI should continue engaging organizations like ICI and others for their staff’s capacity building as this is the need of the hour. While sharing his experiences another participant from Karachi, Mr. Anil – Marketing Manager of Doctor’s Dairies & Feeds said that this course has proved to be game changer for him in understanding the gross route level facts behind feeding in dairy animals. He said that the course has helped him in being better prepared to deal with their customers.

The guest of honor Mr. Ghulam Mustafa of Pioneers Seeds lauding Solve Agri & Dairy Institute said that SADI is first and only institute in Pakistan that offers unique hands-on learning opportunity for in-service professionals in livestock sector. Speaking at the occasion, Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat said that the Solve Agri & Dairy Institute has always been proactive to cater the growing needs of professional competency enhancement for the HR involved in entire livestock & dairy value chain. He extended his gratitude to Pioneer Pakistan Seed Limited, Haleeb Foods Limited, ICI Pakistan Limited and Doctor’s Dairies & Feed for providing their staff with learning opportunity at SADI. He further added that SADI does not only belong to Solve Agri Pak but belongs to the industry and all stakeholders are invited to get benefit from SADI in combined efforts of livestock & dairy development in the country. He urged the participants to pass on their technical knowledge to the dairy farmers that they provide services to. Later Dr. Waseem Shaukat and Mr. Ghulam Mustafa distributed the certificates among the participants.

It is worth mentioning that this course is scheduled to be repeated on May 18-20, 2016 for which registrations are currently open. Interested organizations and individuals can get in touch with Solve Agri & Dairy Institute.

A refresher training session was organized for Dairy Development Executives (DDEs) of Nestle Pakistan Limited at Pindi Bhattian on 27 April, 2016 under Pakistan Dairy Supply Chain Development Project funded by World Bank / International Finance Corporation. More than 15 DDEs from different regions participated in the session organized jointly by VetEffect Netherlands and Solve Agri Pak at Nestle Regional Milk Collection Centre Pindi Bhattian and a nearby commercial dairy farm. Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat and Commercial Manager Asif Ashfaq were also present at this occassion. Solve Agri Pak’s Capacity Building Manager Dr. Muhammad Rasheed giving a recap highlighted the objective of the session and said that following the DDEs training in January this year, a comprehensive plan has been prepared to support the commercial dairy farmers with involvement of international and national experts along with Nestle’s DDEs.

The international expert Mr. Jim Burrell emphasized that DDEs has got an important role to play in enhancing milk production at the selected commercial dairy farms, one of the key objectives of Pakistan Dairy Supply Chain Development Project. He gave the DDEs field assignment on effectively analysing a dairy farm and preparing improvement strategy in light of the observations. He talked about various aspects of dairy farm and how can one effectively assess the situation of a particular dairy farm. Later the participants moved to a nearby commercial dairy farm, Chohan Dairies, where they undertook the guided assignment. Mr. Jim Burrell and Mr. Khuram Ihsan from Solve Agri Pak briefed the DDEs about various aspects of the dairy farm analysis and helped them in farm assessment.

It is worth mentioning that VetEffect Netherlands and Solve Agri Pak are jointly implementing Pakistan Dairy Supply Chain Development Project funded by World Bank / IFC for Nestle Pakistan Limited. Under this project, 40 DDEs have already been trained in two phases (November 2015 and January 2016) while in next two years 200 commercial dairy farms will be supported for enhancing milk production.

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Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited is the leading solution provider with a wide range of products and services in livestock, dairy and related agriculture sectors in Pakistan and beyond. We are looking for dedicated professionals to join our dynamic team. Interested candidates who possess required qualification, experience and skills are invited to apply as per following details.

Must be graduate from a recognized University preferably in Fine Arts, Creative Designing, Information Technology etc. OR simple graduation in any subject with a diploma in creative arts / graphic designing.

be proficient in creative graphic designing and should be able to use various tools (as many as possible) such as Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, Dreamweaver, Java, InPage, Free Hand, Illustrator, Adobe Premier, MS Office etc.

be innovative, challenge accepting, able to meet tight deadlines and should desire to work in a dynamic organization like Solve Agri Pak

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their updated CV (that must include valid contact details and recent photgraph) and portfolio (if any) to info@solveagripak.com latest by May 10, 2016. Subject of email shall contain the position for which you are applying.

Note:

Solve Agri Pak is an equal opportunity employer and no discrimination is made on age, ethnic origin, religion, social standing or political belief.

Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview
Position will be filled on rolling base. Therefore, interested candidates should apply as soon as possible without waiting for last date.

One week training course on Introduction to Modern Dairy Farm Management concluded at Solve Agri & Dairy Institute. The participatory appraisal and certificate distribution was organized on friday afternoon. Incharge, Solve Agri & Dairy Institute (SADI) Dr. Muhammad Rasheed highlighted the key outcomes of the training and expressed his gratitude for the participants for showing great interest in the participatory learning through out this training course. Speaking at the occasion, Solve Agri Pak’s General Manager Dr. Waseem Shaukat urged the participants to utilize the knowledge they have gained through this training course for implementation in their professional life. He highlighted that Solve Agri Pak is committed to deliver par excellence and add-value in the livestock & dairy sector’s development through a range of professional services including training, capacity building and advisory services while the company has also brought world’s finest brands in terms of provision of supplies for the dairy farming sector in particular. He said that Solve Agri & Dairy Institute has been striving in professional capacity building of the HR involved in entire dairy value chain.

Some of the training participants also shared their views. Mr. Mustafa Darwan from Afghanistan appreciated the extensive training program that has substantially clarified the basics of modern dairy farm management for him. He said that this training will help in setting up dairy farm business in Afghanistan and he will be in a better position to manage his business. Dr. Shehzad Ahmad Soomroo from Sukkar, Sindh (Zonal Manager Agri Services, Engro Foods)lauded the training organizers and appreciated the participatory approach. He stressed that the SADI shall also organize specialized training course focused on single topic in order to grasp more advanced knowledge for the specific segments of dairy farming. Mr. Muhammad Rafi Raza who is Field Operations Manager at Dairy & Rural Development Foundation’s USAID Dairy Project, said that the training has substantially improved his understanding towards modern dairy farming needs from an overall perspective.

In his address, renowned agri & livestock expert Mr. Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan urged the participants to consider this training as a door opening towards modern dairy farming knowledge. Chief guest Ms. Saira Iftikhar MPA (CEO Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development Board) appreciated Solve Agri Pak and the Solve Agri & Dairy Institute for their significant contribution in human resource development and professional competency enhancement for the dairy and livestock sector. She highlighted that the Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development is also striving for sustainable dairy development and urged that public-private partnership is the dire need for long term sectoral development. She appreciated the diverse group of participants who travelled from different parts of Punjab and Sindh as well as Afghanistan to attend this course and stressed that participants should contribute in sharing this knowledge with their co-workers and the farmers in order to enhance its utility. Later Ms. Saira distributed the certificates among the participants.

Solve Agri & Dairy Institute (SADI) has been formally recognized by Skills Development Council Punjab Lahore (National Training Bureau, Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training, Government of Pakistan) as a formal vocational training institute with a mandate to provide trainings in the field of livestock, dairy & related agriculture trades. Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Muhammad Rasheed (Incharge, SADI) said that this recognition is a milestone that will help SADI to focus more on skills development and provide market oriented training courses to the general public along with the professional in-service capacity building.

Solve Agri & Dairy Institute (SADI) is Pakistan’s first private-sector training and skill development institute for dairy, livestock and related agriculture sectors, established by Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited. SADI offers both pre-designed as well as customized training and skill development programs for a wide range of target audience. Equipped with state of the art audio-visual training facilities, SADI brings-in experienced trainers with practical and hands-on knowledge from academia, industry and the field. SADI has established collaboration with national and international training institutes to provide value added training programs to our clients. The institute has collaborated with PTC+ of Netherlands, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore and University of Agriculture.

SADI welcomes all levels of livestock and dairy sector personnel, existing and future entrepreneurs to benefit from the wide range of pre-designed and customized trainings that we offer. Interested public or private organizations, dairy farmers, dairy processors, future and existing entrepreneurs, donor agencies and NGO's can contact us for the training needs of their staff, beneficiaries, clients etc.

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